Moving house: Arctic mining town's move divides residents
Each time he boasts about the colossal relocation of his town center in the Swedish Arctic, Kiruna mayor Gunnar Selberg gets a dressing-down from a very dissatisfied resident: his wife.
Each time he boasts about the colossal relocation of his town center in the Swedish Arctic, Kiruna mayor Gunnar Selberg gets a dressing-down from a very dissatisfied resident: his wife.
Environment
Jan 18, 2023
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In one announcement after another this week, a grim accounting emerged of the world's extreme weather and climate disasters in 2022.
Environment
Jan 13, 2023
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Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2023
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Their service is invaluable. The army of insects and other animals that pollinates the numerous plants of this earth has an essential function. Without these flower visitors, numerous wild plants could reproduce only poorly—or ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2023
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The tracking of cold-water creatures offers insights into the worrisome effects of global warming.
Plants & Animals
Dec 29, 2022
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Polar bears in Canada's Western Hudson Bay—on the southern edge of the Arctic—are continuing to die in high numbers, a new government survey of the land carnivore has found. Females and bear cubs are having an especially ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 23, 2022
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Across the planet, water makes up 71% of Earth's surface. The remaining space is covered by land—continents and islands. Before Earth's land formed the seven continents in the present day, all the planet's landmass was ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2022
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The North Pole is not what it once was. The Arctic is the area on the globe where temperatures are rising the fastest. On Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, this entails extended periods of mild weather. ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2022
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The upcoming Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will provide a trove of data on Earth's water resources, even in remote locations. Alaska serves as a case study.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 9, 2022
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Years of research show that climate change signals are amplified in the Arctic, and that sea ice in this region is sensitive to increases in Arctic warming. Sea ice greatly modifies the exchanges of heat, momentum and mass ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2022
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